Putnam Commissioner of Finance William Carlin is not the happiest guy in town these days after receiving the county’s June sales tax report from Albany indicating a $432,000 decline in revenue over the same period in 2014. More...

After three years away, during which time she switched gyms, dealt with two shoulder surgeries, refined her routines and her own inner strength, Carmel’s Sabrina Vega returned to competitive elite gymnastics this past weekend at the Secret U.S. More...

Must this continue? For years now, every Mandarin, pundit or other public speaker is likely to add coup de gras to his remarks, in order to sound tony. But in French, gras means fat or grease, of course, as in that tasty foie gras. More...

Breaking News - 7/31/2015 11:54 AM

Putnam County’s algae bloom epidemic is spreading.Not only are beaches on Lake Carmel closed until next week at the earliest but this weekend’s Lake Peekskill Community Festival in Putnam Valley has been cancelled due to the outbreak of the potential More...

Breaking News - 7/30/2015 1:58 PM

A 55-year-old Mahopac man who owns pet shops in Danbury as well as Mohegan Lake and Wappingers Falls has been charged with three counts of animal cruelty in connection with two dogs and a kitten, two of which were euthanized. More...

Putnam’s six Board of Education have elected leaders for the 2015-16 school year. In Brewster, veteran trustee Stephen Jambor was reelected as President of the School Board at its annual organizational meeting this month. More...

Zillah M Dykeman, 92, a longtime Red Hook resident, passed away on Saturday, July 25th, 2015, at the Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck. Born on June 12, 1923, in Carmel, NY, she was the daughter of the late Lester J. and Mary F. More...

Zoltan Handrik, age 78, passed away July 18 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 12, 1937, in Hungary, to Gergely and Anna Handrik. He graduated from high school and trade school in Hungary. More...